BELARUS NEWS AND ANALYSIS

DATE:

05/05/2008

Belarus accuses US of running spy ring amid escalating tensions

The Associated Press

MINSK, Belarus: Belarus is accusing the United States of recruiting citizens into a spy ring aimed at undermining the authoritarian ex-Soviet republic.

The statement comes amid escalating tensions between the two countries. Most employees of the U.S. embassy have been expelled in recent months.

KGB spokesman Valery Nadtachayev told Belarusian television Monday that the US Embassy had hired 10 local citizens to take photographs of police officials, airports and villages near the state border.

The embassy declined comment.

Most of the diplomats were expelled after the U.S. imposed sanctions on a state-controlled company and travel restrictions on President Alexander Lukashenko and other top government officials.

Source:

http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/05/05/europe/EU-GEN-Belarus-US.php

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